diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/entity_reference/selection/ViewsSelection.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/entity_reference/selection/ViewsSelection.php
index c3cf1acbe81..f872f7d07c6 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/entity_reference/selection/ViewsSelection.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/entity_reference/selection/ViewsSelection.php
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class ViewsSelection implements SelectionInterface {
    */
   public function countReferencableEntities($match = NULL, $match_operator = 'CONTAINS') {
     $this->getReferencableEntities($match, $match_operator);
-    return $this->view->pager->get_total_items();
+    return $this->view->pager->getTotalItems();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/pager/PagerPluginBase.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/pager/PagerPluginBase.php
index e8898221342..3903da1ae20 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/pager/PagerPluginBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/pager/PagerPluginBase.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ abstract class PagerPluginBase extends PluginBase {
    *
    * If NULL, we do not yet know what the total number of items are.
    */
-  function get_total_items() {
+  public function getTotalItems() {
     return $this->total_items;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/query/Sql.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/query/Sql.php
index 826985cb405..3e5d77519a1 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/query/Sql.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/query/Sql.php
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ class Sql extends QueryPluginBase {
 
         $view->pager->postExecute($view->result);
         if ($view->pager->use_count_query() || !empty($view->get_total_rows)) {
-          $view->total_rows = $view->pager->get_total_items();
+          $view->total_rows = $view->pager->getTotalItems();
         }
 
         // Load all entities contained in the results.